On Monday, the six-year-old son of Unusual Heat put the finishing touches on
his preparation for Saturday's Eddie Read by working six furlongs in 1:14 2/5 on
the Jimmy Durante Turf course under jockey Patrick Valenzuela.

The fall race meeting, to be held October 5-27, will feature 17 stakes with
purse money totaling $4.5 million. The Shadwell Turf Mile is one of six Grade 1
stakes, the others being the Alcibiades, Breeders' Futurity, First Lady,
Spinster and Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, among the 15 graded races
featured this fall.

After guiding Game on Dude to an easy victory in the Grade 2 Californian June
2, Sutherland became the first female rider to win the Gold Cup aboard the
five-year-old Awesome Again gelding, defeating stablemate Richard's Kid by 1 1/2
lengths.

For the first time since 2008, the traditional opening-day feature, the
Oceanside Stakes, has garnered enough entries to be split into two divisions.
Each division of the one-mile turf affair for three-year-olds, who have not won
a stakes worth $50,000 to the winner so far this year, carries a purse of
$100,000.

Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's stinging criticism of its abilities, the New York Racing Association's board of directors will not be replaced before the start of NYRA's financially crucial Saratoga Racecourse meet.

Editor&#39;s note: This article is part of TheHorse.com&#39;s ongoing coverage of topics presented at the 2012 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, held May 30 - June 2 in New Orleans, La.